I KNOW that's his issue, it doesn't mean he didn't sell us out. Without the immigration reform provisions, it's like having security cameras around your house but leaving the door open. He had promised Sensenbrenner he wouldn't vote for the bill or support it unless the provisions were in there. Hutner let the White House "divide and conquer", now we have a bill that is completely useless (the only intel reform provisions I've seen are rearranging government org charts -- the terrorists got in here because of our broken immigration system and NOBODY seems to want to fix it!)
You're right its not perfect. But part of the flaws in this bill were fixed. As for the rest, we'll live to fight another day. Jim Sensenbrenner won't give up and neither will we. We'll be back in January to revisit the drivers' licenses and secure borders issues. They ain't going to go away.